 | Samuel Johnson - 1826 - 430 pages
...to domestic scenes and daily occurrences. He never ' outsteps the nwv dcsty of nature,' nor raises merriment or wonder by the violation of truth. His figures neither divert by distortion nor amaze by aggravation. He copies life with so much fidelity that he can be hardly said... | |
 | 1838 - 1056 pages
...novelty to domestic scenes and daily occurrences. He never "outsteps the modesty of nature," nor raises merriment or wonder by the violation of truth. His figures neither divert by distortion nor amaze by aggravation. He copies life with so much fidelity that he can be hardly said... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1840 - 522 pages
...novelty to domestic scenes and daily occurrences. He never " outsteps the modesty of nature," nor raises merriment or wonder by the violation of truth. His figures neither divert by distortion, nor amaze by aggravation. He copies life with so much fidelity, that he can be hardly said... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy - 1846 - 714 pages
...wrnder by the violation of truth. His figures neither divert bv distortion nor mnay.e by afpiavalion. He copies life with fo much fidelity, that he can be hardly said to invent; yet his exhibitions have an air so much original', that it is difficult to suppose... | |
 | Richard Green Parker - 1849 - 446 pages
...novelty to domestic scenes 5 and daily occurrences. He never oversteps the modesty of nature, nor raises merriment or wonder by the violation of truth. His figures neither divert by distortion, nor amaze by aggravation. He copies life with so much fidelity, that he can hardly be said... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1854 - 484 pages
...to domestic scenes and daily occurrences. He never "outsteps the modesty of nature,"117 nor raises merriment or wonder by the violation of truth. His figures neither divert by distortion, nor amaze by aggravation. He copies life with so much fidelity, that he can be hardly said... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1854 - 344 pages
...novelty to domestic scenes and daily occurrences. He never "outsteps the modesty of nature," nor raises merriment or wonder by the violation of truth. His figures neither divert by distortion, nor amaze by aggravation. He copies life with so much fidelity that he can be hardly said... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1854 - 796 pages
...novelty to domestic scenes and daily occurrences. He never outsteps the modesty of nature, nor raises merriment or wonder by the violation of truth. His figures neither divert by distortion, nor amuse by aggravation, lie copies life with 90 much fidelity, tliat he can hardly be... | |
 | William Cowper, James Robert Boyd - 1857 - 476 pages
...novelty to domestic scenes and daily occurrences. He never " oversteps the modesty of nature," nor raises merriment or wonder by the violation of truth. His figures neither divert by distortion, nor amuse by aggravation. He copies life with so much fidelity, that he can hardly be said... | |
 | 1857 - 574 pages
...novelty to domestic scenes and daily occurrences. He never ' outsteps the modesty of nature,' nor raises merriment or wonder by the violation of truth. His figures neither divert by distortion, nor amaze by aggravation. He copies life with so much fidelity, that he can be hardly said... | |
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He copies life with so much fidelity that he can be hardly said to invent : yet his exhibitions have an air so much original that it is difficult to suppose them not merely the product of imagination. 
